mitt romney came in second so romney's win in florida is his lone bright spot in the south while santorum adds to his win total. joining me now is patricia murphy contributor to "the daily beast." what happened in louisiana. do the results tell us anything we didn't know before? >> it confirms it that rick santorum does well in southern state, in conservative states and states with high evangelical populations. 71% of louisianians consider themselves very conservative. tailor made for rick santorum. what it tells us also he is consistently winning in places we expect him to and needs to change the dynamic and expand his base or his donors or supporters will start to hop off his bandwagon. when you look at louisiana, will it go gop regardless of who the nominee is? >> i would say most of the south will go gop no matter who it is and most republican voters i've talked to even if they're out for newt gingrich or rick santorum, the second question you ask, well, would you vote for mitt romney if he was on the ticket, if he was the nominee, they said, oh, sure, yeah, i'd vote for him. i like t